Barrels



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RICHARD ROSCCHACKI,

or CLEVELAND, on'io Letters Patent lilo. 101,166, dated March 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR PITGHING- BARRELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters' Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD RosocHAouI, Aof Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Apparatusfor Pitching Ba'rrels; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings making a part of thisspecication, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section Figure 2, a plan View ;l andFigure 3, a det-ached sectional elevation ofthe plug, rod, and lever. y

This invention has for its object to-remove from beer-barrels the pitchlining which is usually added to them for purposes of tightness, whensuch lining becomes inoperative through age, in order to replace it withfresh lining.

'lhe invention' consists in an apparatus for conducting a blast of air',heated by the furnace used for melting fresh pitch, and also forconducting the products of combustion of such furnace, when desired,into the barrel, in order that it may melt the'old lining, and forcatching the melted .old pitch as it runs out of the barrel, andconduct-ing it to the tank containing the fresh pitch, and for holdingthe barrel in 'a position convenient for the performance of theseoperations.

In the drawings- A is a cylindrical furnace inclosed within an outercasing, F.

B is an annular tank surrounding the casing F except at the front, andused for melting pitch.

C is a fan for blowing air past the furnace up through the casing F.

a is a flue for conducting ofi' products of combustion froni thefurnace.

D D are holders for sustaining the barrel in position above the furnace.

b is a nozzle opening out of the top of the furnace, and intended to beintroduced into the bung-hole 0l' the barrel when the latter' is placedin the holder, for the purpose of conducting the blast from the fanheated by the furnace, into the barrel, and melting the oldpitch liningthereof.

E is a channel surrounding the nozzle, and having for its function tocatch the melted pitch as it runs out of the barrel.

From the channel, the pitch flows through the spout e into the tank B.

A damper, l', is fitted to an orifice, a, iu the top of the furnaces.

When a beer-barrel is in the holders, the orifice n is kept closed toprevent the products of combustion from the furnace from passing intothe barrel and communicating an unpleasant taste to thcbeer. But when abarrel for coal-oil or other material not edible or portable is on theholders, the orifice ninay be opened so as to get the benefits of theproducts of combustion in melting the lining of the barrel in additionto the liot` air.

The old lining having been entirely removed in this manner, the barrelis taken from the holders, and held under the nozzle m of the tank,whence it receives as much fresh pitch as may be necessary to thoroughlycoat it.

The nozzle lm is ,furnished with a stopple, i, Worked by a vertical rod,k, and lever' l, the latter heilig above the. tank.

Having thus described my invention,

What' I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 'Ihe combination with the furnace and casing of the holders, nozzle band channel, in the inauner described, and for th'e purpose of removingthe pitch linings of beer barrels.

2. 'llie combination of the casing F, pipe l), chan,- ncl E, and spoutc, in the manner described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the tank B with the casing F and furnace A,substantially as described.

NVituesses: RICHARD ROSOCI [ACK I.

Fnnnir. A. BRAND, NV. C. VoLLiuiin.`

